Insects space out in 3-D this summer in the CG-animated family feature Fly Me to the Moon from Illuminata Pictures and nWave Pictures. Developed specifically for stereoscopic 3-D exhibition, the film will be released by Summit Ent. in IMAX venues and other theaters equipped for digital 3-D projection on Aug. 8. A trailer for the movie is now available on AniMagTV.
In the flick, three tween-aged flies decide they want to become part of the space program and hatch a plan to stow away on the 1969 Apollo II mission. Against the wishes of their mothers and with encouragement from a grandfather who missed his shot at becoming the first fly in space, the intrepid insects manage to get into the rocket and embark on an exhilarating and harrowing space adventure. The voice cast features Kelly Rippa, Christopher Lloyd, Nicollette Sheridan and Adrianne Barbeau, as well as real-life Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin in a special cameo role.
The G-rated, independently produced film is directed by Ben Stassen of Brussels-based nWave Pictures. The company has been have been producing 3-D films for more than a decade, creating specialty titles such as 3D Mania, Alien Adventure, Misadventures in 3D and Wild Safari for IMAX theaters and theme-park attractions. To handle its first animated feature for the mass market, nWave augmented its core group of animators in Belgium with hires from throughout Europe, the U.S and Canada.
Stassen and Fly Me scripter Domonic Paris of Illuminata Picutres reteamed for Around the World in 50 Years’3D, the next nWave, Illuminata collaboration. Stassen and Paris will also serve as producers, along with nWave’s Caroline Van Iseghem and Paris’ Illuminata partners, Gina Gallo and Mimi Maynard. The story will follow a sea turtle as he travels a world being changed by global warming. The voice cast will include Anthony Anderson, Ed Begley Jr., Pat Carroll, Tim Curry, Kathy Griffin, Melanie Griffith, Stacy Keach and Jenny McCarthy.
The film is being self-financed by nWave, which hopes to have production wrapped sometime next year.
